Yes, with the key on there should be a voltage on the wire to the sender. Also a voltage on the wire to the switch. You said you had a dual output sender. By that did you mean a pressure sender plus a pressure switch in a combined unit? Mark Jonathan Poole wrote: > Howdy List, > > I retrofitted the instrument cluster from a 91 passenger van into my '83 air > cooled westy. All is good with the retrofit,, except for the oil pressure > led/lead. I disconnected the ground for the buzzer and all, so no problem > there but what has happened is that after wiring things up following the > great guide at old volks home: > > http://www.oldvolkshome.com/late_van_cluster_install.pdf > > I fried my dual output oil pressure sender. The reason that it was fried > (or at least sauteed) is that the wire that runs from the instrument cluster > to the sender is now hot or has voltage. I disconnected the wire from the > sender and the on the dash light doesn't come on at all (which is good for > now). I plan to replace the sender so that my oil pressure guage will work > again but would also like to wire up the in dash oil pressure light as > well. Does anyone know if this wire should have voltage at the oil pressure > sender or if there is a problem with my cluster or wiring? Before this > cluster change my oil pressure led and gauge both worked great. > > Thanks for any help, > > Jonathan Poole > |
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